Drought Snarls Mississippi River Transit in Blow to Farmers From Minnesota to Louisiana

About 60% of the Midwest and northern Great Plain states are in a drought. Nearly the entire stretch of the Mississippi River — from Minnesota to the river’s mouth in Louisiana — has experienced below average rainfall over the past two months.

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